Postdoc Opportunities in International Relations

Roskilde University is recruiting one or two postdoctoral researchers for a 24-month project on digital media and the conditions for democratic debate . The positions are based in the Department of Communication and Arts, with affiliation to the Centre for Digital Citizenship and the Digital Media Lab. The project investigates how digital news media, search engines, social media and AI chatbots represent pressing issues in Danish public debate. It asks whether digital platforms broaden or narrow...

The University of Amsterdam is advertising a postdoctoral position in Federico Savini’s research group, focused on conflicts around street use and their implications for urban life. The successful researcher will engage with contested uses of urban streets and examine how these conflicts can be addressed to help make cities better places to live. The work is situated within environmental planning, urban institutions, and politics, providing an opportunity to connect research on public space with...

The University of Aberdeen is recruiting a full-time Research Fellow for an 18-month ESRC-funded project, The International Politics of Soldier Exchange . The research examines the political dimensions of soldier exchange and is situated within international politics and social science research. The successful researcher will work with Kateřina Krulišová, Jenny Mathers and Natasha Danilova. The role is based at the University of Aberdeen, with Natasha Danilova, while hybrid working is possible. ...

The University of Birmingham is seeking a Research Fellow (Quantitative Researcher) to join the Women, Crime and Justice Research Group in the School of Social Policy and Society. Based in Edgbaston, Birmingham, the role contributes to research designed to improve outcomes for women involved in the criminal justice system and strengthen the evidence base on effective interventions and services. The Research Fellow will work on the Effective Women’s Centre Phase III project, supported by the JABB...

The COSMOS Research Center at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock is seeking a full-time Postdoctoral Fellow II to advance computational social science research on cyber campaigns conducted through social media. Working with Prof. Nitin Agarwal and the COSMOS research team, the fellow will develop socio-computational models grounded in social and communication processes such as group formation, activation, decentralized decision-making, and collective action. The research involves extracti...

The University of Notre Dame is seeking a Postdoctoral Research Fellow for an interdisciplinary project on the integrated assessment of data center development in Indiana and the broader Midwest. The research examines how rapidly changing data center infrastructure affects and depends on power, water, land, health, workforce, and other resources, while considering the implications for communities and regional sustainability. The project will develop a spatially explicit, contextually informed, a...

The Department of Chemistry and Environmental Science at the New Jersey Institute of Technology is recruiting a postdoctoral researcher in environmental microbiology to contribute to cutting-edge work on the biodegradation and biotransformation of environmental pollutants. The project is centered on understanding transformation pathways that drive the degradation of legacy and emerging contaminants, including PFAS, plastics, and 1,4-dioxane. The appointed researcher will use advanced analytical ...

Postdoctoral Scholar position in Technology and International Security at the University of California, San Diego’s Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation (IGCC). This fellowship brings together IGCC, the UC Office of the President, and UC-managed National Laboratories, including the Center for Global Security Research at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and the National Security and International Studies Office at Los Alamos National Laboratory. The programme is designed for postdoc...

Faculty for the Future is a recurring fellowship and scholarship scheme run by the Schlumberger Foundation for women from emerging economies who want to pursue advanced study abroad. The program supports research training in STEM fields at leading universities outside the home country, with opportunities mentioned for PhD and postdoctoral study. This is an international mobility-focused award aimed at enabling scholars to build their research careers in science, technology, engineering, and math...